Restoring Fort Sill: A Team Effort

5/19/2021 (Permalink)

Every so often, we’re granted the opportunity to combine the forces of our three SERVPRO Team Wall locations on a job in order to help our customers. In March, all three of our locations, alongside SERVPRO Team Bowen, took on our largest job ever, providing our services to Fort Sill, a historic military base in Oklahoma. After enduring around 200 pipe bursts in the wake of this winter’s deep freeze that hit Oklahoma and Texas, Fort Sill was in need of all the help they could get to restore the base to its preloss condition.

What Is Fort Sill?

The largest field artillery complex in the country, Fort Sill sits on 94,000 acres of land. Additionally, Fort Sill is a National Historic Landmark and over the years, it has hosted many troops, including the famous African-American “Buffalo Soldiers,” and today, Fort Sill is the site of the grave of Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache religious and military leader.  It is a U.S. Army base in addition to serving as a base for the Marine Corps, which meant that there were many people depending on our help to restore Fort Sill.

Combining Our Resources

The Fort Sill job was the largest project that SERVPRO Team Wall has ever faced, which makes our successful work all the more rewarding. We inspected about 110 buildings throughout the base using thermal imaging cameras and moisture meters in order to detect moisture and eventually went on to work in 50 of those buildings, all of which experienced at least one burst pipe. In order to meet Fort Sill’s needs, all three of Team Wall’s locations joined forces alongside SERVPRO Team Bowen. Eight crews supervised a total of 70 to 100 people on any given day, with supervising roles ranging from overseeing demolition and drying processes to monitoring equipment, which included small format equipment as well as four tractor trailers. These tractor trailers carried about 1,000 air movers and 200 dehumidifiers. Over the course of the 17 days that our crews were onsite at Fort Sill, we provided temporary power and climate control, descants, dehumidifiers, and ran generators in six different buildings simultaneously. Completing this job was no small feat, but SERVPRO Team Wall was able to restore Fort Sill to its pre-storm condition by combining the resources of each of our three locations.

Trust SERVPRO Team Wall’s 3 Locations for Your Storm Needs

While the Fort Sill job may appear larger than life, this is the reality of what SERVPRO Team Wall does on a daily basis, albeit at a smaller scale. Whenever a storm rolls through your area, whether it be a localized thunderstorm or a widespread storm, SERVPRO is standing by with the resources to handle any size emergency. You can learn more about our professional Storm and Flood Services, as well as our Water Restoration Process by checking out the Storm Damage page on our website. Remember that we also offer Mold Remediation and Restoration services, which may be needed if water damage leads to mold growth. For both storms and disasters alike, know that you can call SERVPRO of Hunt Valley and Harford County at (410) 229-0012 for storm damage restoration services and professional resources that you can trust.